Promoting the Kindness We All Need
The Interdependence Hexagon Project announces its theme of Kindness for 2022. Let’s connect through gentle words and art that brings hope.
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The 2021 Gallery of Recognized Hexagons
Please enjoy our 60 hexagons selected for excellence and focus on themes. They span four age levels and four theme categories: Diversity/Equity, Technology and Social Justice and Interdependence Themes. Explore the well-crafted and heartfelt expressiveness from students and communities from five continents, seven countries and many states. To view all of the 2021 hexagons, click
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Hexagon Project Celebrates 15 Years of Interdependence Through Art
If the years 2020 and 2021 have taught us anything, they have reminded us of the importance of community and the reassurance that even when we cannot gather in person, we are able to experience the power of connection with others through technology. And if ever there was a time to see ourselves as interdependent
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2021 Hexagons Help Incarcerated Youth Express Emotions And Heal Amid Difficult Time
Art educator, Jada Kadry teaches in Cairo, Eqypt and volunteers in a prison for adjudicated youth. This year, there was a devastating fire at this prison. She presented the Hexagon Project at the prison, working with 15 young men to bring out their feelings and emotions onto our hexagonal canvas. She describes the experience as
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2021 Exhibition opens with Fiber Art
A unique fiberwork installation will be featured in the 2021 Interdependence Hexagon Project Eastern Regional Exhibition. A practicing fibers artist for over 50 years, Jackie Thomas, ABD has created the installation, along with several others from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association. The work consisting of nine interconnected hexagons will be on display at The Garden
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2021 Summer Interns
The Interdependence Hexagon Project has hired two dedicated interns for the summer of 2021 to aid in the growth of the organization. Learn more about them below. Lauren Lopez Lauren Lopez is a native of Easton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2018. Currently, she is a rising senior at Penn State
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Dave Porter, the Hexagon Project, and Music of Haiti
Dave and I were colleagues at Keystone College when I was an adjunct in Art Education and he was the coordinator of the Art Ed program, with many accomplishments as a graphic designer, visual artist, art therapist, and art educator for over 20 years. He has always demonstrated a real concern for social justice issues,
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Olaniyi Sunday Olaniran and the Technology Project in Nigeria
Olaniyi Sunday Olaniran is a young, passionate artist based out of Nigeria, who has experience as a painter, fine arts instructor and master craftsman of traditional African art including wood carving and batik. He has created art pieces made from thousands of glass beads as well as sculptures depicting his African culture. Through his paintings
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Springtime Progress from Around the World
In this update we share out first 2021 Artsonia upload from Anaheim California; bring the past into the present through our Elsik High School “sneak preview” from 2021 with a look-back at their 2015 entries; and ofer from Japan a 2020 report and request for a partnership. The First HP Uploads to Artsonia Heather Soodak,
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The Uganda Project: One Hexagon – One Dollar
In this post we hear from a teacher in Uganda presenting an opportunity for you to become involved in a real-world endeavor in Interdependence with the Hexagon Project — Hexagons Into Action! My name is Alexander L. Kenneth. I am a part-time teacher at Happy Years Primary school in Masaka District. I am a philanthropist
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